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Recent Examples of intermittently
With green shoots that have pink bases, purple flowers appear in early spring and intermittently the rest of the season.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Showers and thunderstorms will continue intermittently through the evening.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025
Gorman served as the Black Crowes' drummer intermittently from their founding in 1989 until 2015.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
In it, the scientists postulated an increased risk of death in people who fasted intermittently.
—Frederik Jötten, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2025
Mating season is February to April, and females will lay one or two eggs per day intermittently during that period.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
For some, the pause is only temporary because their Starlink dish is used intermittently for RV or camping trips.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Although Ipswich ended up relegated from the Premier League, Enciso’s spell there hinted at the productivity which intermittently bubbles above the surface.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Caught Stealing is an intermittently fun experience that would be a better time if Aronofsky either loosened up a little more or, conversely, maintained a tighter grip on the wheel.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Showers and thunderstorms will continue intermittently through the evening.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025
Gorman served as the Black Crowes' drummer intermittently from their founding in 1989 until 2015.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
In it, the scientists postulated an increased risk of death in people who fasted intermittently.
—Frederik Jötten, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2025
Mating season is February to April, and females will lay one or two eggs per day intermittently during that period.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
For some, the pause is only temporary because their Starlink dish is used intermittently for RV or camping trips.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Although Ipswich ended up relegated from the Premier League, Enciso’s spell there hinted at the productivity which intermittently bubbles above the surface.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Caught Stealing is an intermittently fun experience that would be a better time if Aronofsky either loosened up a little more or, conversely, maintained a tighter grip on the wheel.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermittently
Adverb
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But one witness who testified on behalf of Rocha’s defense, Emily Ridout, who lived in the home where his mother was staying, said Rocha and his mother lived in the same room for six months as Rocha worked at the burger joint Five Guys, periodically bringing food home.—
PJ Green
September 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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Neighbors have repeatedly complained about the tear gas periodically being deployed against protesters.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Late public school buses and needing to take care of an occasionally sick child, along with at capacity or costly child care centers, contributed to her precarious employment.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Invariably, there are at least two of them in every starting XI — occasionally Emery will play three — with the player disguised as the left-winger actually a second No 10.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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That’s how baseball works sometimes.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The board and tokens can feel clunky to manage mid-game, and keeping track of the location of the mic (so no one has an unfair advantage) added a fiddliness that sometimes pulled attention away from the performance.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
6 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Intermittently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermittently. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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